16-letter words containing h, u, s, k, e
- bashkir republic — a constituent republic of E central Russia, in the S Urals: established as the first Soviet autonomous republic in 1919; rich mineral resources. Capital: Ufa. Pop: 4 012 900 (2002). Area: 143 600 sq km (55 430 sq miles)
- behavioural sink — a small area in which people or animals live in overcrowded conditions
- buckley's chance — no chance at all
- bush honeysuckle — any of several shrubs of the genus Diervilla, of eastern North America, having clusters of yellowish flowers.
- bush huckleberry — a huckleberry shrub, Gaylussacia dumosa, having sticky, hairy twigs, white or pink flowers, and tasteless but edible black fruit.
- chicken mushroom — an edible yellow-to-orange bracket fungus, Laetiporus sulphureus, common on tree trunks, in which it causes wood decay.
- cobweb houseleek — a small southern European plant, Sempervivum arachoideum, of the stonecrop family, having a dense, globular cluster of cobwebby leaves and red flowers on hairy stalks.
- cornhusker state — Nebraska (used as a nickname).
- good housekeeper — a person who is an efficient and thrifty domestic manager
- gray nurse shark — a sand shark, Odontaspis arenarius, abundant in S African and Australian coastal waters and estuaries.
- grey nurse shark — a common greyish Australian shark, Odontaspis arenarius
- gum up the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- guy fawkes night — In Britain, Guy Fawkes Night is the evening of 5th November, when many people have parties with bonfires and fireworks. It began as a way of remembering the attempt by Guy Fawkes to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. Guy Fawkes Night is often referred to as 'Bonfire Night'.
- hawksbill turtle — a sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, the shell of which is the source of tortoise shell: an endangered species.
- haymarket square — a square in Chicago: scene of a riot (Haymarket Riot) in 1886 between police and labor unionists.
- household knight — bachelor (def 5).
- household-knight — an unmarried man.
- housemaid's knee — inflammation of the bursa over the front of the kneecap.
- karelian isthmus — a narrow strip of land between Lake Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland, in the NW Russian Federation.
- khakass republic — a constituent republic of S central Russia, formerly in Krasnoyarsk Territory: formed in 1930. Capital: Abakan. Pop: 546 100 (2002). Area: 61 900 sq km (23 855 sq miles)
- kirribilli house — the official Sydney residence of the Australian Prime Minister
- knuckle sandwich — a punch in the mouth with a clenched fist.
- kurdaitcha shoes — (in certain Central Australian Aboriginal tribes) the emu-feather shoes worn by the kurdaitcha on his mission so that his footsteps may not be traced
- lake havasu city — a city in W central Arizona.
- lighthouse clock — an American mantel clock of the early 19th century, having the dial and works exposed beneath a glass dome on a tapered, cylindrical body.
- lumberjack shirt — a thick checked shirt, as worn by lumberjacks
- muskegon heights — a city in W Michigan, on Lake Michigan.
- parkerhouse roll — a yeast roll shaped by folding over a flat, round piece of buttered dough
- put the skids to — to thwart or cause to fail
- shakedown cruise — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
- sour-milk cheese — cottage cheese made from sour milk.
- south lake tahoe — a city in E California.
- stick in the mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
- stick-in-the-mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
- take the biscuit — Take the biscuit means the same as take the cake.
- the cuckoo's egg — A great book (and subsequent BBC TV series) telling the true story of Clifford Stoll, an astronomy professor at UCB's Lawrence Berkeley Lab. A 75-cent accounting error alerted him to the presence of an unauthorised user (a cracker) on his system. The cracker, code named "Hunter", was breaking into US computer systems and stealing sensitive military and security information. Hunter was part of a spy ring paid in cash and cocaine, and reporting to the KGB.
- three musketeers — French Les Trois Mousquetaires. a historical novel (1844) by Alexandre Dumas père.
- thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
- to pass the buck — If you pass the buck, you refuse to accept responsibility for something, and say that someone else is responsible.
- tollhouse cookie — a crisp cookie containing bits of chocolate and sometimes chopped nuts.
- turkish crescent — crescent (def 6).
- unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.
- wild honeysuckle — pinxter flower.
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